Comments on: My Second OT Visit http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/03/29/my-second-ot-visit/ Ethics, Disability Rights, and Reports from Life on the Spectrum Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:06:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rachel http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/03/29/my-second-ot-visit/comment-page-1/#comment-74168 Rachel Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:14:59 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=1627#comment-74168 It's very cool that you do! It’s very cool that you do!

]]> By: Melissa http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/03/29/my-second-ot-visit/comment-page-1/#comment-74156 Melissa Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:20:44 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=1627#comment-74156 I love going back and reading your OT visit blogs. I love going back and reading your OT visit blogs.

]]> By: Rachel http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/03/29/my-second-ot-visit/comment-page-1/#comment-30151 Rachel Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:49:54 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=1627#comment-30151 Hi Linda, This is so interesting. I get the falling sensation when I'm falling asleep sometimes. I feel like I'm weightless and then I feel like I slip, as though I've slipped going down a stair. I've always wondered what that's about. I wonder whether it's a vestibular system issue. I'm going to ask my OT about this. Thanks! Hi Linda,

This is so interesting. I get the falling sensation when I’m falling asleep sometimes. I feel like I’m weightless and then I feel like I slip, as though I’ve slipped going down a stair. I’ve always wondered what that’s about. I wonder whether it’s a vestibular system issue. I’m going to ask my OT about this. Thanks!

]]> By: linda http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/03/29/my-second-ot-visit/comment-page-1/#comment-30091 linda Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:06:12 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=1627#comment-30091 Hi Rachel, I have always used cuddle blankets against my face and top lip, this is instantly calming and balancing. I sucked two fingers at night until I was fourteen because the stimulation helped balance my system so that I didnt have strange floating, falling and tipping sensations, when I forced myself to stop this, trouble with over eating began. I need to chew and crunch things especially at night. I do alot of repeatative artwork like needle work because it is so calming and centering for me, also it allow my memory to calm down enough for me to plan things, and remember things that I have forgotten. Thank goodness for stubborness and tenacity, I am in admiration of the way you cope and learn to do new things. Hi Rachel,
I have always used cuddle blankets against my face and top lip, this is instantly calming and balancing. I sucked two fingers at night until I was fourteen because the stimulation helped balance my system so that I didnt have strange floating, falling and tipping sensations, when I forced myself to stop this, trouble with over eating began. I need to chew and crunch things especially at night. I do alot of repeatative artwork like needle work because it is so calming and centering for me, also it allow my memory to calm down enough for me to plan things, and remember things that I have forgotten. Thank goodness for stubborness and tenacity, I am in admiration of the way you cope and learn to do new things.

]]> By: John Dale Lyons http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/03/29/my-second-ot-visit/comment-page-1/#comment-16152 John Dale Lyons Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:41:37 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=1627#comment-16152 Good luck with it! ;) Good luck with it! ;)

]]> By: Rachel http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/03/29/my-second-ot-visit/comment-page-1/#comment-16128 Rachel Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:08:45 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=1627#comment-16128 About that Thumper...Today I went to my appointment and got the Thumper treatment on my back before the OT exercises *and* after. OMG! It was almost impossible to get up afterward. My OT said, "Take your time getting up," but if I'd taken my time, I'd still be lying there on the mat... Interesting about the lips having lots of nerve endings. That must be why I liked brushing my lips with the ends of my newly trimmed hair when I was a kid. About that Thumper…Today I went to my appointment and got the Thumper treatment on my back before the OT exercises *and* after. OMG! It was almost impossible to get up afterward. My OT said, “Take your time getting up,” but if I’d taken my time, I’d still be lying there on the mat…

Interesting about the lips having lots of nerve endings. That must be why I liked brushing my lips with the ends of my newly trimmed hair when I was a kid.

]]> By: Ben http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/03/29/my-second-ot-visit/comment-page-1/#comment-15742 Ben Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:10:38 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=1627#comment-15742 wow, i want a Thumper. i sing sometimes, and i hum a lot. i've also hummed in such a way that my whole head vibrates, including my eyes! i also sometimes hum against another body part, like my forearm (well, i can't reach many other parts :) i don't know if you do this, but i also rub things back and forth against my lips, and i find it really absorbing. the lips have more nerve endings than any other part of our skin. weird AS fact of the day.... wow, i want a Thumper.
i sing sometimes, and i hum a lot. i’ve also hummed in such a way that my whole head vibrates, including my eyes! i also sometimes hum against another body part, like my forearm (well, i can’t reach many other parts :)
i don’t know if you do this, but i also rub things back and forth against my lips, and i find it really absorbing. the lips have more nerve endings than any other part of our skin. weird AS fact of the day….

]]> By: Stat Mama http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/03/29/my-second-ot-visit/comment-page-1/#comment-15610 Stat Mama Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:54:12 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=1627#comment-15610 Wow, I'm learning a lot about myself reading this! Singing is something I absolutely NEED to do. Often, it is when I feel overwhelmed socially. I love to retreat to my car, alone, and sing song after song. It balances me out, allows me to refocus, and dampens the tension and stress. The Thumper sounds heavenly. Wow, I’m learning a lot about myself reading this! Singing is something I absolutely NEED to do. Often, it is when I feel overwhelmed socially. I love to retreat to my car, alone, and sing song after song. It balances me out, allows me to refocus, and dampens the tension and stress.

The Thumper sounds heavenly.

]]> By: Rachel http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/03/29/my-second-ot-visit/comment-page-1/#comment-15570 Rachel Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:25:12 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=1627#comment-15570 Thanks, Kate. If you have any particular questions, feel free to post them or to send me an email. Thanks, Kate. If you have any particular questions, feel free to post them or to send me an email.

]]> By: Kate http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/03/29/my-second-ot-visit/comment-page-1/#comment-15557 Kate Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:02:18 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=1627#comment-15557 Good for you...it sounds great, and is great to hear the specific things that she is telling you to do. I'd like to hear as much about this as you'd like to share, very interesting to me personally. Good for you…it sounds great, and is great to hear the specific things that she is telling you to do. I’d like to hear as much about this as you’d like to share, very interesting to me personally.

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